The Great Arcanist Who Traveled Through the World of American Variety Shows.

Chapter 571 Different offensive and defensive forces
Province of Gaul.

As Aetius defeated the Hun Empire, the Franks also gained a lot of benefits from this battle.

As an important part of the Empire's foreign legions, the Franks have gradually replaced the Roman nobles in Gaul and served as an important force for the Empire to fight against the Germanic barbarians.

Although the Franks also belonged to a branch of the Germanic barbarians, after assimilation, they had learned a lot of Roman technology.

Richard wanted to occupy Gaul, and apart from the Germanic people in the north, the Franks were the biggest obstacle.

Therefore, Richard has been collecting intelligence on the Franks. At this time, the Franks have already had the rudiments of feudal manors.

However, although the Franks were not weak, they also had to face the Germanic barbarians to the north of the Visigothic Kingdom.

The Visigothic battle for the throne has ended. This time, Prince Thorismund, who led the army to participate in the Battle of Chalons and defeated the Scourge of God, also successfully inherited the throne.

The prince inherited the throne and the Visigothic Kingdom stabilized. If the Visigothic Kingdom wanted to develop next, its goals would be in the directions of Gaul and Spain.

Compared to Spain, the mature territories in Gaul were more attractive to the Visigoths.

Therefore, a war was bound to happen between the Franks and the Visigothic Kingdom, with a decisive victory to determine the fate of Gaul.

Richard was entrenched in the Rhine Province, constantly recruiting refugees, developing his territory, and at the same time plundering the Germanic tribes in the north for supplies, women, and labor.

The vast majority of the exiles were adult men. The old and weak had already died while fleeing, and only the young and strong were able to escape to the Rhine Province. Most of them were men, after all, men have stronger survival ability in such situations.

After looting the Germans, the women obtained from the Rhine Province could be distributed to these people.

The overall strength of the Rhine Province is still very weak. Its advantage over other surrounding forces is its high-end combat power.

No matter whether they are Germanic barbarian warriors or Frankish paladins, they are at most level two soldiers according to the level classification. Although they are very strong for ordinary soldiers, for the third-level peak knights in the Rhine Province, they are no different from chickens and dogs.

The only problem is not to form an army to siege these people. Although the knights created by Richard have extraordinary abilities, in this world where super powers are greatly suppressed, these knights can only deal with a hundred people at most at a time.

If they really don't care about the consequences and losses, they can be killed by a pile of thousands of troops.

So except for Richard, the other knights could still be killed.

In order to prevent these knights from being surrounded and killed, Richard stipulated that they must work in groups of three to carry out military operations.

If three knights charged into the battle formation, even if they were besieged by thousands of people, they would be able to break through the line and retreat. If the army they led was added, it would be hard to say who would win or lose.

It is precisely because of this high-end combat power advantage that Richard can carry out this action of plundering the Germans. The Germanic plunder requires a large number of troops, but Richard only needs a small force to do it.

After defeating the Huns last time, Richard obtained a batch of excellent war horses. As a nomadic people, the quality of the Huns' war horses was higher than that of the Roman Empire and the Germanic barbarians.

There were three hundred war horses in this batch, but unfortunately, all the stallions had been castrated and could not be used as stallions, and there were only a dozen mares.

Richard could only use the excellent war horses obtained from the Roman Empire to mate with these Hun mares to breed war horses.

"Wow~"

An eagle's cry was heard, and a falcon in the sky swooped down from the sky like a sharp arrow and landed on Drenos' shoulder.

After Richard merged his bloodline power into his body, Dranos not only gained strong physical fitness, but also improved his own druid abilities.

The most obvious one is animal taming. Drenos gained the ability to communicate with animals in a simple way. After having this ability, Drenos began to tame a group of falcons.

These falcons can not only be used for reconnaissance, but also for transmitting intelligence, which makes the Rhine Province's information transmission and reconnaissance situation far ahead of the times.

As winter came, Northern Europe entered a cold winter, and the Germanic people began to rest and recuperate. This was also the time for the Germanic people to breed.

The ancient religious culture flourished among the Germanic tribes. Germanic villages were scattered across the Nordic land like stars. This was a rare peaceful time in the Nordic land.

But this peaceful scene was soon broken.

"put!"

Whoosh whoosh!
Under the howling cold wind, the river has frozen, and the plains and forests are covered with a layer of white snow.

Soon the silence on the snowfield was broken by shouts and screams. Hundreds of people were attacking a German village.

One javelin after another nailed the defenseless Germans to the ground, and then the leading cavalrymen waved their battle axes and broke down the gate of the village, and more soldiers followed and rushed in.

This is a small village in the later German region north of the Vosges Mountains, where a large number of Germanic tribes lived. It was also the bridgehead for every Germanic raid to the south.

He often participated in looting in the south, but he also accepted employment from the Roman Empire, so he jumped back and forth between the two major forces.

They followed the Germans when they took over and plundered, and they also joined the Roman Empire when it recruited foreign legions. For these local villages, this has long been their way of survival. However, if this practice is done too often, it will naturally cause disgust, and eventually both sides will dislike them.

In the past, the Roman Empire was powerless and could only allow them to survive, but Richard would not indulge them.

"put!"

Whoosh whoosh!
Dozens of javelins were thrown out in an instant. These professionally trained soldiers could easily throw the javelins thirty or forty meters. The Germans who had just gathered together to prepare for a counterattack were instantly pierced and turned into blood gourds.

Drenos was already familiar with dealing with these villages that had no walls but only simple earthen and wooden fences. He would first launch a surprise attack, suppress them with javelins, then set fire to them and hack to death those who dared to resist. If the other side organized a counterattack, he would launch another wave of javelins.

Basically, after three or five rounds, the village was completely conquered.

All the Germans who dared to resist were killed, and those who did not resist were guarded. These slaves were spoils of war.

Soon, the battle in the village ended. After all, the resistance of one village was too weak.

In the end, all those who dared to resist were killed, and only the docile sheep remained. In the largest house in the village.

DeLeinos is dealing with the aftermath:

"Count the prisoners. Do not let anyone violate the young women. When we return, distribute them according to their military merits. Imprison the children together with the surrendered men."

"Have you found the granary? Take away all the food. How much food is there? We have a purpose in robbing you this time! Don't just think about killing people!"

"We also took away the cattle and horses. We killed all the old and sick ones and had the chefs cook and eat them directly."

“You can take away any leftover pickles.”

In response to his question, a captain saluted and said:

"Sir, we have found the food. A quick count shows that there are about 5,000 pounds. There are over a hundred cattle and sheep in the livestock pen. Hunter has already sent people to take care of them. We are still 10,000 pounds short of our goal."

"It looks like we need to find two or three more villages to plunder," Drenos said.

"What about slaves and women? How many were captured?"

"These are all for you, don't come and make trouble with me when you can't get a woman!"

"Boss, don't worry. All the women are fine. I have people guarding them and sending them food. There are fifty-three of them in total."

"There were not many slaves who surrendered, only twenty-one, and several were injured. There were more than a dozen children."

"Injured? Does it affect the movement? If it does, just kill him."

"We must ensure a quick march and not give those Germanic tribes time to react."

"Okay, I'll do it right now."

The general turned and left.

"By the way, this time we attack the village, there are still quite a few slaves in the village, about forty people. What should we do with these slaves?" asked the captain.

"Release them all and tell them that they are civilians now!" Drenos said without thinking.

When he came, Richard had already told him that if any German slaves were found, they should all be released and given civilian status.

Many of the people enslaved by the Germans were people who were looted and brought here by them. These people were full of hatred for the Germans and could be won over.

All they need to do is give them civilian status and let them open up wasteland in the Rhine Territory, and these people will be grateful to them. This is the firm foundation of their rule.

Although Drenos looked down on these slaves and did not think they were of any use, he still had to carry out Richard's orders seriously.

After receiving the order, these slaves enslaved by the Germans immediately cheered. At the same time, Drenos also distributed food and weapons to these people. Although not as abundant as theirs, it was enough to make these people grateful.

So these newly freed slaves began to help them guard captives and spoils, drive livestock, and handle logistics, which made Drenos feel much more relaxed.

They no longer had to deal with many of the previously tedious logistical matters, and this change gave Drenos more perspectives on the issue of freeing slaves.

Soon after completing the looting of one village, Drenos began to move towards the next village.

With the Falcon Reconnaissance, he could easily avoid the Germanic sentries and then launch a sneak attack again.

(End of this chapter)